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Microalgae-based products for the food and feed sector: an outlook for Europe
Enzing, Christien; Ploeg, Matthias; Barbosa, Maria; … - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014
The European Union has adopted recently an ambitious strategy for developing the Bioeconomy in Europe. In this context, algae represent an emerging biological resource of great importance for its potential applications in different fields, including food and feed. Algae have been already used as...
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Comparative regulatory approaches for new plant breeding techniques - Workshop Proceedings
Lusser, Maria; Cerezo, Emilio Rodríguez - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2013
The JRC-IPTS organized a workshop on "Comparative approaches for new plant breeding techniques" in September 2011. In this workshop, the regulatory framework for biotechnology derived crops with specific focus on approaches for new plant breeding techniques in Argentina, Australia, Canada, the...
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The effect of innovative SMEs' growth to the structural renewal of the EU economy - A projection to the year 2020 –
Moncada-Paterno-Castello, Pietro; Voigt, Peter - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2013
The Policy Brief addresses the following question: To what extent the high-growth of current innovative R&D-intensive SMEs can drive the envisaged structural change of the EU economy towards high R&D intensive sectors? It aims to contribute to the debate about how to set the right priorities and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011169899
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Proceedings of a workshop on "Wheat productivity in the EU: determinants and challenges for food security and for climate change"
Vigani, Mauro; Dillen, Koen; Cerezo, Emilio Rodriguez - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2013
Wheat is one of the world’s key staple products, with a global production of 654.7 million tons in 2010. Currently, wheat is providing 21% of the food calories and 20% of the protein to more than 4.5 billion people. Wheat production is highly concentrated in a few countries, and the European...
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Concord 2011 Summary Report
Soriano, Fernando Hervás; Voigt, Peter - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2012
constraints at company level V. Industrial dynamics & the role of R&D and innovation for Europe's competitiveness VI. New avenues … innovation in terms of industrial dynamics and company growth. From the 102 abstracts sub-mitted in response to the initial call … posters were displayed. The conference was structured along three thematic strands: IV. R&D and innovation: Sources and …
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Calibrating the CAPRI and ESIM models to the mid-term commodity market outlook of the European Commission
Himics, Mihaly; Artavia, Marco; Hélaine, Sophie; … - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014
The European Commission baseline is elaborated with AGLINK-COSIMO model. In order to make consistent policy analysis, the other two models of the iMap platform are calibrated to this baseline. The report describes how this calibration is done.
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A Helping Hand for Europe: The Competitive Outlook for the EU Robotics Industry
Forge, Simon; Blackman, Colin - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2010
This report is one of a series resulting from a project entitled "Competitiveness by Leveraging Emerging Technologies … better market conditions (financial, labour and product markets) to sustain European competitiveness and economic growth …, and how these might be overcome. The last chapter draws together the findings of the study, to consider EU competitiveness …
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Is Europe in the Driver's Seat? The Competitiveness of the European Automotive Embedded Systems Industry
Juliussen, Egil; Robinson, Richard - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2010
This report is one of a series resulting from a project entitled "Competitiveness by Leveraging Emerging Technologies … senior experts from iSuppli Corporation on the Competitiveness of the European Automotive Embedded Software industry. The … impact, before moving to an analysis of the competitiveness of the corresponding European industry. It concludes by …
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Construction and application of the Rural Development Index to analysis of rural regions
Michalek, Jerzy; Zarnekow, Nana - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2012
The main purpose of this research was to construct a multi-dimensional (composite) index measuring the overall level of rural development and quality of life in individual rural regions of a given EU country. In the Rural Development Index (RDI) the rural development domains are represented by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010628226
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The agri-food sector in Ukraine: Current situation and market outlook until 2025
Leeuwen, Myrna van; Salamon, Petra; Fellmann, Thomas; … - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2012
This report gives an overview on the Ukrainian agri-food sector and provides an outlook for the developments in agricultural markets for Ukraine, focussing on the main agricultural commodities. For the purpose of the study a detailed dataset and modelling structure for the main agricultural...
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